motor or tranny?
 

Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
(4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a blade,
but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor close to the
firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other than the
noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting louder. When I
put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the motor, I bought
this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we love it. At 106k it
blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't treat it very well. I
had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k on it and have been
putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I can't afford to put
another motor in it or even another xj right now (in the process of buying
our first house), but this vehicle is our only car so please pray to the
Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It also goes in and out of
part, full, and low with no problems.

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------------------------below this line are simply
signatures---------------------
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
though checkered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much,
because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor
defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
(1681)
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
appear to be incompetent.
Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
Strategic Assessments
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line -
Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
"The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"

Re: motor or tranny?
 

Curious how you pinpointed the area where the noise is coming from; just
by ear? If it's getting louder, it might be the popping sound of exhaust
(like from a gasket or perhaps a valve). Does it only make the noise while
driving? Get louder with acceleration? Is it steady, intermittent with
warm up or in neutral? What kind of tranny/xfer case?
Drink
"Robert Brown" <robertbrown798@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:nAHuf.5489$WX3.1174@trndny09...
> Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
> (4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a
> blade, but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor close
> to the firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other
> than the noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting
> louder. When I put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the
> motor, I bought this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we love
> it. At 106k it blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't treat
> it very well. I had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k on
> it and have been putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I
> can't afford to put another motor in it or even another xj right now (in
> the process of buying our first house), but this vehicle is our only car
> so please pray to the Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It
> also goes in and out of part, full, and low with no problems.
>
> --
> ------------------------below this line are simply
> signatures---------------------
> Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
> though checkered by failure,
> than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer
> much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory
> nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
> Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
> (1681)
> A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
> appear to be incompetent.
> Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
> Strategic Assessments
> There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line -
> Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
> "The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
> the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"
>

Re: motor or tranny?
 

Curious how you pinpointed the area where the noise is coming from; just
by ear? If it's getting louder, it might be the popping sound of exhaust
(like from a gasket or perhaps a valve). Does it only make the noise while
driving? Get louder with acceleration? Is it steady, intermittent with
warm up or in neutral? What kind of tranny/xfer case?
Drink
"Robert Brown" <robertbrown798@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:nAHuf.5489$WX3.1174@trndny09...
> Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
> (4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a
> blade, but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor close
> to the firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other
> than the noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting
> louder. When I put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the
> motor, I bought this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we love
> it. At 106k it blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't treat
> it very well. I had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k on
> it and have been putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I
> can't afford to put another motor in it or even another xj right now (in
> the process of buying our first house), but this vehicle is our only car
> so please pray to the Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It
> also goes in and out of part, full, and low with no problems.
>
> --
> ------------------------below this line are simply
> signatures---------------------
> Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
> though checkered by failure,
> than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer
> much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory
> nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
> Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
> (1681)
> A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
> appear to be incompetent.
> Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
> Strategic Assessments
> There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line -
> Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
> "The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
> the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"
>

Re: motor or tranny?
 

Curious how you pinpointed the area where the noise is coming from; just
by ear? If it's getting louder, it might be the popping sound of exhaust
(like from a gasket or perhaps a valve). Does it only make the noise while
driving? Get louder with acceleration? Is it steady, intermittent with
warm up or in neutral? What kind of tranny/xfer case?
Drink
"Robert Brown" <robertbrown798@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:nAHuf.5489$WX3.1174@trndny09...
> Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
> (4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a
> blade, but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor close
> to the firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other
> than the noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting
> louder. When I put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the
> motor, I bought this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we love
> it. At 106k it blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't treat
> it very well. I had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k on
> it and have been putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I
> can't afford to put another motor in it or even another xj right now (in
> the process of buying our first house), but this vehicle is our only car
> so please pray to the Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It
> also goes in and out of part, full, and low with no problems.
>
> --
> ------------------------below this line are simply
> signatures---------------------
> Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
> though checkered by failure,
> than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer
> much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory
> nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
> Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
> (1681)
> A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
> appear to be incompetent.
> Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
> Strategic Assessments
> There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line -
> Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
> "The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
> the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"
>

Re: motor or tranny?
 

I am thinking cracked flex plate.

Earle

"Drink" <drink@gnt.net> wrote in message
news:dpgvc1$1pu$1@news.utelfla.com...
> Curious how you pinpointed the area where the noise is coming from; just
> by ear? If it's getting louder, it might be the popping sound of exhaust
> (like from a gasket or perhaps a valve). Does it only make the noise
while
> driving? Get louder with acceleration? Is it steady, intermittent with
> warm up or in neutral? What kind of tranny/xfer case?
> Drink
> "Robert Brown" <robertbrown798@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:nAHuf.5489$WX3.1174@trndny09...
> > Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
> > (4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a
> > blade, but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor
close
> > to the firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other
> > than the noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting
> > louder. When I put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the
> > motor, I bought this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we
love
> > it. At 106k it blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't
treat
> > it very well. I had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k
on
> > it and have been putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I
> > can't afford to put another motor in it or even another xj right now (in
> > the process of buying our first house), but this vehicle is our only car
> > so please pray to the Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It
> > also goes in and out of part, full, and low with no problems.
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------below this line are simply
> > signatures---------------------
> > Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
> > though checkered by failure,
> > than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer
> > much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory
> > nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
> > Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
> > (1681)
> > A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
> > appear to be incompetent.
> > Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
> > Strategic Assessments
> > There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this
line -
> > Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
> > "The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
> > the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"
> >
>
>

Re: motor or tranny?
 

I am thinking cracked flex plate.

Earle

"Drink" <drink@gnt.net> wrote in message
news:dpgvc1$1pu$1@news.utelfla.com...
> Curious how you pinpointed the area where the noise is coming from; just
> by ear? If it's getting louder, it might be the popping sound of exhaust
> (like from a gasket or perhaps a valve). Does it only make the noise
while
> driving? Get louder with acceleration? Is it steady, intermittent with
> warm up or in neutral? What kind of tranny/xfer case?
> Drink
> "Robert Brown" <robertbrown798@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:nAHuf.5489$WX3.1174@trndny09...
> > Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
> > (4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a
> > blade, but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor
close
> > to the firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other
> > than the noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting
> > louder. When I put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the
> > motor, I bought this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we
love
> > it. At 106k it blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't
treat
> > it very well. I had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k
on
> > it and have been putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I
> > can't afford to put another motor in it or even another xj right now (in
> > the process of buying our first house), but this vehicle is our only car
> > so please pray to the Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It
> > also goes in and out of part, full, and low with no problems.
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------below this line are simply
> > signatures---------------------
> > Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
> > though checkered by failure,
> > than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer
> > much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory
> > nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
> > Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
> > (1681)
> > A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
> > appear to be incompetent.
> > Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
> > Strategic Assessments
> > There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this
line -
> > Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
> > "The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
> > the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"
> >
>
>

Re: motor or tranny?
 

I am thinking cracked flex plate.

Earle

"Drink" <drink@gnt.net> wrote in message
news:dpgvc1$1pu$1@news.utelfla.com...
> Curious how you pinpointed the area where the noise is coming from; just
> by ear? If it's getting louder, it might be the popping sound of exhaust
> (like from a gasket or perhaps a valve). Does it only make the noise
while
> driving? Get louder with acceleration? Is it steady, intermittent with
> warm up or in neutral? What kind of tranny/xfer case?
> Drink
> "Robert Brown" <robertbrown798@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:nAHuf.5489$WX3.1174@trndny09...
> > Hello folks. I've got a 92 xj (116k on body) with a motor from a 96 gc
> > (4.0). The other day I noticed a tick, like a fan cover was hitting a
> > blade, but alas not that easy. It seems to be coming from the motor
close
> > to the firewall. Oil pressure is good, temp is good, idles fine (other
> > than the noise) and seems to be running on all six, but it is getting
> > louder. When I put it in reverse it gets very loud. I hope it's not the
> > motor, I bought this thing last Nov with 101k on it for $1100, and we
love
> > it. At 106k it blew a motor, I'm assuming the previous owner didn't
treat
> > it very well. I had the new motor put in (it was a bitch), it had 80k
on
> > it and have been putting rottella in it every 3k since, and now this. I
> > can't afford to put another motor in it or even another xj right now (in
> > the process of buying our first house), but this vehicle is our only car
> > so please pray to the Jeep Gods and tell me this isn't a dead truck. It
> > also goes in and out of part, full, and low with no problems.
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------below this line are simply
> > signatures---------------------
> > Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
> > though checkered by failure,
> > than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer
> > much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory
> > nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
> > Beware the fury of a patient man - John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
> > (1681)
> > A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent,
> > appear to be incompetent.
> > Though effective, appear to be ineffective - Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.
> > Strategic Assessments
> > There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this
line -
> > Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
> > "The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
> > the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack"
> >
>
>

Re: motor or tranny?
 

If the sound diminshes as the vehicle warms up, I can almost guarantee
that it is a noisy lifter. What kind of oil are you running?

Re: motor or tranny?
 

If the sound diminshes as the vehicle warms up, I can almost guarantee
that it is a noisy lifter. What kind of oil are you running?

Re: motor or tranny?
 

If the sound diminshes as the vehicle warms up, I can almost guarantee
that it is a noisy lifter. What kind of oil are you running?